La Russia's participation in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Games remains pending, but it is only a matter of time. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) hoped that the subject would be definitively settled during its congress, on the sidelines of the Men's World Championships. IIHF President Luc Tardif let the cat out of the bag on Swedish channel SVT: the Russians will not be not allowed to line up. Now all that's missing is the officialization. "We have been clear that It is the IOC that must inform the Russian Committee, and that is what it did.. And we want the IOC to communicate this officially.", said Luc Tardif. The French team should therefore be drafted.
